Hair waver



July 5, 1932. WALSH I 1,865,655

HAIR WAVER Filed July 17, 1930 Z/ frzvmfar gyfl/uww, .JAZZZZZM 1.4m flizya Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES ARTHUR E. WALSH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HAIR WAVER Application filed July 17,

The present invention relates to an improved hair waver and generally its objects are to provide a simple hair waver of the cross lever type wherein heat and pressure can be applied simultaneously to the hair being waved and to provide in such a hair waver an improved and simplified structure for pressing the hair against the heating unit.

The present invention may be characterized as an improvement upon the device illustrated and described in my prior Patent No. 1,774,120, patented August 26, 1930.

More specifically, the principal object of the present invention is to provide a hand operated hair waving instrument having handles so constructed and arranged that the initial movement of the handles when operating the waver causes the hair waving elements, one preferably being the heating unit, to effectively grip the hair, while the final movement of the handles causes the hair to be tightly pressed around the heating unit, thus applying heat and pressure simultaneously to the hair to be waved.

The present invention later to be described in detail is realized in an exceedingly simplified structure and one which is easily and conveniently used, even by unskilled users,

yet producing effects equal to those pro-' duced by skilled operators in modern beauty shops. Further, such a simplified structure is inexpensive to manufacture and market and its assembly can be easily and quickly accomplished.

Other objects and advantages of the pres ent invention, will be apparent to those.

skilled in the art after a consideration of the. following detailed descripion of one preferred embodiment of the same which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing my improved hair waver with the waving units in their separated position;

Figure 2 is a view corresponding to that shown in Figure 1 but with the hair waving units in gripping position but with the hair pressing members separated;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figures 1 and 1930. Serial N0. 468,519.

2, but with the hair pressing members encircling the tubular waving and heating unit, andalso showing certain parts of the handle operating structure in section;

Figure 4 isan end view on an enlarged scale looking to the left in Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an end View looking toward the left in Figure 3, this View also being on an enlarged scale. 7

In Figure 1, the reference numeral 1 indicates one of the hair waving units which, preferably, contains an electric heating element supplied with current through a conductor 2. It is to be understood, however, that the heating element may be of any conventional or known form and since the heating element per se does not form any part of the present invention, the same has not been illustrated in detail in the drawing. The member 1 is preferably of'tubular or cylindrical formation having a cap 3 at one end closing the same and providing in cooperation therewith a smooth continuous surface oifering no projections or the like, upon whichstrands of hair would be apt to be caught. Although I have shown the member 1 of tubular or cylindrical formation, it is to be understood that any other form or shape may be employed if found desirablej without departing from the spirit of the present invention:

The handle member 5 is mounted on the end of the unit 1 opposite the cap 3 and is preferably of such material as hard rubber or the like, or any other material offering resistance to the passage af heat and electricity. The reference'numeral 6 indicates in its entirety the second hair wavingunit. The unit 6 includes a handle member 7 which may be similar to or identical with the handle 5 of the hair waving unit 1, if desired. The unit 6 includes a yoke member 8 having arms 9 between which the hair waving unit 1 passes. The unit 1 is pivoted to the arms 9 by means of a pivot bolt- 10 passingthrough ears 11 formed on the arms 9.

The intermediate portion 13 of the yoke 8 is provided with: a pair of cars 1% extending at right angles to the intermediate portion 13 and which are apertured to receive the prong or hinge pin 16 which is preferably fixedly secured thereto.

Pivotally mounted on the prong or hinge pin 16 is apair of hair clamping members 17 in the form of curved leaves substantially semi-circular in section and which are shaped to conformto the hair waving tubular-meme. her 1 and to practically surround thelatter.

The handle 7 is mounted on one arm of a forked member 19, the latter being pivoted to the yoke 8, as by means of a pivotpin 20, the forks of the member 19 being indicated by the reference numeral 21. Each of the forks 21 have extending therefrom a projection 22 having a curved edge 23, each contacting with the innermost edge of one of the clamping leaves 17. As best :shown in Figures 4; and 5, forward movement of the projections '22.causes the clamping members 17 to'eloseabout the tubular hair waving unit 1. During the initial part'of theforward movement of the projections 22,:the leaves or clamping members 17' close atia comparatively rapid rate but as the projections22 move froin-the position shown .iird i'g'nre 2 to that shown in Figure3,-it will be observed that: they move circumferentially ofrthe leaves and away: from' the hinge, 16mThis movement serves to cause saideprojections to engage the leaves 17 at-a point farther from the hinge 16 (see Fig.5) than the distance from 'the contact points to the hinge 16when the projections 22 begin their initial movement (soe Fig; A). .Inthis. wayrthe" leverage. or mechanical advantage between the forks 21 and the leaves -17=is substantially increased, whichallows the hair to be firmly? clamped between the leaves and-the unit 1. f

Adjacent the projections 22tl1e leaves 17 are provided withab-utment extensions26 whichv are: adapted to cooperate. with the edges-of the projections 22:.iopposite 'the curved edges 23 to move the leaves '17 to open position when the projections 22 return to the position illustrated in Figures 2 and 4:.

As best shown in F igure 3, a spring 30, preferably one of the type having a coilSl, a short arm- 32 and a long arm 33,-operates to:- separate the handles and hence the waving elements and clamping -leaves. Preferably, the coil 31 of the spring is received upon the pivot pin '20 and encircles thesame." The short arm 32 is receiv'ed with-i11 the handle extension '19 while the longer arm 33 of the spring 30 extends through 'a slot 35 in the. tubular member 1. Thisiend of the spring is provided with a straight outer portion 36 which bears against a roller 37 carried by a pin 38"mounted on the handle end of the unit 1 and preferably within the handle proper 5.

The forked member 21 may have a strengthening rivet 10 extending froinone of the forks 21 to another toreinforce the same, and in order to provide such construction the hair waving unit 1 may have the notch 41 formed therein in a position so as to clear both the pin 10 and the cars 14.

The operation of my improved hair waver is believed to be obvious from the foregoing I handle :5 and associated hair waving unit 1 is pivoted to the yoke S to move about an axis,

. defined by the pivot bolt 10 which is spaced from, but parallel to the axis defined by the pivot bolt 20. The result of this structure that the spring 30 offers considerably less resistance to the pivotal movement between the unit 1 and the yoke than it does to the pivotal movement between the handle 7 and the yoke 8. Thus when the handles 5 and 7 are clamped together the first thing that occurs is that the handle!) and unit 1 swings until there is contact between the unit 1 and the hinge between the leaves 17. This acts as a stop for further pivotal movement between the handle 5 and the yoke 8, and this is the position indicated in Figure 2.

Further pressure upon the handles 5 and 7 will now cause the handle 7 to swing about its pivot 20 in a clockwise direction relative to the yoke 8,*as viewed in Figure 2. This relative pivotal movement between the handle 7 and the yoke 8 causes the projections 22 to contact with the leaves or clamping members 17, as viewed in Figure 3, causing them to close about. the unit 1. See Figs. 4 and 5.

From the above indicated operation, it will be obvious that the following sequence occurs in. waving hair by my improved hair waver. First the hair is placed over the leaves or clamping members17, then the handles 5 an d 7, being pressed together, cause the unit 1, which preferably includes some form of heating means so that heat may be applied to the hair, to swing toward the unit 6 to grip the hair therebetween. Lastly, further pressure uponthe handles causes the clamping members17 to close about the heating unit 1, and with an increased leverage as the hand as come close together, thus effectively applying heat and pressure at the same time upon the hairproducing an improved wave and one which lasts longer and looks better than those produced by the devices of the prior art.

While I have-described in detail one preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood that my invention is not to be limited to the specific structure shown and described, but that, in fact, widely different means maybe employed in the practice of the broader aspects of my invention.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a hair waver, a cylindrical waving member having a handle at one end, a second waving member having a yoke member provided with arms straddling said first waving member, said first member being pivoted to and between the arms of said yoke member, said second waving member having a fork member pivoted between the arms of said yoke member, said second waving member including a pin fastened to said yoke member and a pair of waving jaws each pivoted on said pin and swingable laterally into and out of cooperation with said first waving member, cam projections on said fork member for closing said waving jaws upon said first waving member, and means forholding said 3' aw members separated until said first waving member is brought into position between the jaws of said second waving member.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a cylindrical waving member, a pair of swingably mounted waving members adapted to be opened to receive said first member and adapted to be closed intocooperation therewith with their free margins extending past center and separated to pervmit the strands of hair to extend into and from between the waving members, the inner surfaces of said last waving members conforming with the periphery of said first waving member, and when closed into cooperation therewith each forming a continuation of the other and handle means for opening and closing said waving members comprising a pair of handles pivotally connected together to swing about a pair of spaced axes, the handles being adapted when swinging about one axis to bring the cylindrical waving member into contact with the pair of swingably mounted waving members, and means operated by the handles pivoting about the other axis for closing the last named members about the cylindrical member to clamp and wave the hair therebetween.

3. A hair waver comprising a tubular waving member, a handle movable therewith, a yoke pivoted to said member and provided with a pin adapted to extend longitudinally of said member, a pair of waving members hinged to said pin and adapted when open to receive the first named member as it pivots with respect to the yoke and when closed to substantially encircle said tubular member, a second handle pivoted to the yoke and having forked means for opening and closing said pair of members when said second handle pivots with respect to the yoke, and means cooperating with said handles when they are pressed toward one another for'preventing the second handle from pivoting relative to the yoke and closing said pair of members until the tubular member is in position to be enclosed thereby. V

4. A hair waver comprising a tubular waving member, a handle movable therewith, a yoke pivoted to said member and provided 1 with a pin adapted to extend longitudinally said pair of members when said second han dle pivots with respect to the yoke, and a spring curved about the pivot between the second handle and the yoke and having a short arm connected to said second handle and a longer arm connected with said first handle and tubular member at a point spaced farther from said pivot than said short arm, whereby when said handles are pressed toward one another the second handle is prevented Vfrom pivoting relative to the yoke and closing said pair of members until the tubular member is in position to be enclosed thereby.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 14th day of July, 1930.

ARTHUR E. WALSH. 

